Peg-board.



A. F. M|LLEH.

PEG BOARD.

APPUCATION FILED DEC-30, 1915- 1,221,47'0@ Patanted Apr. 3, 19H.

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A. F. MILLER.

PEG BOARD.

' APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. [915. LQQLMQ. Patented Apr. 3,1917.

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ALBERT F. MILLER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR T0 INDIVIDUALSPECIALTIES, INC., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PEG-BOARD.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Fl MILLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Peg-Boards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a type of sign board or directory generallyfound in hotels, clubs, oiice buildings and the like, wherein a seriesof signs generally detachable are displayed on the sign board, being thenames of the occupants of the building.

The objects of my invention are to provide an article of this classconsisting of a frame whereon a series of detachable signs bearing thenames of the occupants of a building, are displayed. Each of these signsor name plates are readily detachable from the main frame and are soarranged that one may be removed without disturbing the position of theothers, which is a very apparent advantage over the devices in use atthe present time wherein a number of the name plates or signs have to beremoved or shifted to either remove or shift the position of one ofthem. My invention also provides means whereby suitable objects may besecured adjacent the name plates of an occupant indicating whether saidoccupant is in or out of the building or that there is mail for saidoccupant so that he can call for the same.

These and other objects are accomplished by my invention, a moreparticular description of which will appear below.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, in which* Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved pegboard;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of a section of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; y

Fig.'4L is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the board;

Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the name plates;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a modified form of board;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of post to which thename plates are attached;

Fig. 8 is a sectionalview of a modied form of upright used in the frameconstruction;

Fig. 9 is a front elevation of a modified form of name or letter plate;

gig. 10 is a perspective view of a peg; an

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a tool or implement used-to remove thename plates from the board.-

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts.

As above mentioned, my improved peg board may be used in buildings,clubs, hotels and the like, but I do not limit my invention to use inthis manner, as it may be readily and appropriately used for scoreboards, bulletin boards and the like.

My improved peg board comprises a frame of any desired form having a top1,

Vbottom 2', and rear wall 3. Extending from the top of the frame to thebottom and secured to the rear wall 3 by bolts or like fastening meansL1, are a plurality of uprights 5'. Situated intermediate of theseuprights, are vertical posts 6, these posts being secured to the rearwall 3'by bolts 7, which pass through spacing blocks 8, which blocksretain the posts a suitable distance from the rear wall withoutinterfering with the action of the'n'ame plate clips which will bedescribed below.

Secured to the outer face of the uprights 5, by the bolts 4, are thevertical plates 9, each of said plates having a plurality ofperforations 10 therein. rlhe plates 9 are not as wide as the uprights5, whereby the ends of the uprights project slightly over the ends ofthe plates 5 forming shoulders 11 upon which the ends of the name platesrest.

The, name or letter plates 12 are preferably formed of a single piece ofmaterial and consist of a rear plate 13, the edges,

turned over or flanged as at 14, which flanges retain the card 15bearing the letwith the exception of one of the same, being tering, inplace. As above mentioned, one

of the edges is not flanged so that the card may be readily slipped inplace. If desired, a strip of glass or like transparent material 16 maybe placed in front of the card and inclosed by the ianges 14.

To form the clip or retaining means for the name plates, the rear plate13 has two stamped out portions 17, and the metal contained within said.portions is bent back to forma pair of arms 18, which armsare'resilient and bent to frictionally engage the posts 6 between them.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved peg board will bereadily understood. The name plates 12 are held on the posts 6 by thetwo arms 18 which form what can be termed clips, and these name platescan be moved up or down to any desired position onthe board. The outerends of the name plates rest on the shoulders 11 preventingy a twistingor turning of the name plates on the posts 6, and as Fig. 3 will show,the surface of the name plates and uprights presenting a practicallyflush appearance. To remove one of the name plates without disturbingthe positions ,of the others, I provide a tool or implement such asshown in Fig. 11, which has a handle portion and flanges 20 on its ends,these flanges being bent reversely or in opposite directions to oneanother so that they can be slid under the upper andV lower flanges 14on the name plates and a slight outward pull draws the arms 18 out ofengagement with the posts 6 so ythat the name plates 12 can be readilyremoved.

In Fig. 10 is shown av pcg 21, having a shank 22 adapted to enterthe'perforations 10 in the upright plates 9. If desired, these pegsv maybe of varying colors and when placed in the perforations adjacent thename of a person on the name plate may serve to indicate that thatperson is in the building. The position of the perforations may alsoserve `to indicate various things,

. said posts.

' v that is, a certainV colored peg placed in a certain perforationadjacent the name plate bearing a'persons name may tend to indicate thearrival of mail for him.

It will be noted, from the above, that thisV device is applicable to Y avarying amount of uses. Y

-In Fig. 6 is shown a modied structure wherein the name plate is ofgreater length than that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and instead of asingle post 6 being placed intermediate ofthe uprights 5, a pair ofposts is used and two pairs of arms 18 are formed on the back ofthe nameplatesV to engage A In Fig. 7, I have shown a modiiied form of posts 6,which consists of a plate 28, provided' with perforations 24: for thereception of screws or like securing means for attaching the same to therear wall 3. A narrow web 25V unites theV plate 23 with the post 26,which is made substantially circular in cross section or of aconfiguration adapted to fit between and frictionally engage theresilient arms 18 on the name plate.

In Fig. 8, is shown a modified form of .upright which consists of acombination of theupright 5 andplate 9 from a single section of flatmaterial which is bent to form projections on its sides, the outer facesof which form shoulders 28 against which the ends of the name plates maybear.

In Fig. 9 is shown a modified form of i name plates constructed in thesame manner as above mentioned, except that it is of slightly differentshape or outline and is applicable for use in connection with scoreboards and the like.

From the foregoing, it is obvious that my invention is not to berestricted to the exact embodiment herein shown and described, but isbroad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of theannexed claims.

IIaving described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of name plates, a ledgeformed on the edge of said frame, resilient clips on the name plates andmeans within the frame for detachably engaging the clips and holding thename plates within the frame and against the ledge.

2. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of posts in said frame, aplurality of name plates, means for detachably securing said plates tosaid posts and a plurality of perforations on said frame for thereception of pegs.

3. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of upright posts within saidframe, a plurality of name plates, means on said name plates fordetachably securing them to the posts and a plurality of perforations inthe frame for the reception of plugs adjacent the ends of the nameplates.

4. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of braces within said frame,posts secured in said frame, a plurality of name plates or signs andmeans on said name plates for detachably securing the same to the posts.

5. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of uprights within saidframe, posts secured in the frame, a plurality of name plates fordetachably securing the same to the posts and a plurality ofperforations in of said name plates and adapted to detachablyfriotionally engage said posts and a series of perforations in saiduprights.

8. A peg board comprising a frame, a series of uprights Within saidframe, shoulders formed on said uprights, a plurality of posts in saidframe and intermediate said uprights, a plurality of independent nameplates having spring arms at their rear sides, said arms adapted toembrace and detaohahly secure the naine plates to the posts, portions ofsaid naine plates7 adjacent their ends, adapted to bear against theshoulders on the uprights.

metal stamped out of the rear Wall of said 20 naine plates, said armsdetaehably'embraoing the posts.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 23rd day ofNovember,

ALBERT F. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

